Recommendations

[arjunyel]

Hello :D

I recommend: updating to angular 5.1, upgrading typescript to 2.6, and turning on strict: true in the tsconfig.json :)

Also for VS code make sure you install this plugin: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Angular.ng-template

[regexpressyourself]

Hey!

Definitely good calls. I used angular-cli to bootstrap it; I'm surprised it didn't use the most recent versions. An update shouldn't break the app as it stands, correct?

I'm just barely scratching the surface of Angular and Typescript here. The plan is to finish the tutorial app then make something simple of my own using all the current packages and paradigms, as best as I can tell.

Re: VS Code... I'll use it after you pry Vim from my cold dead hands. :)

[regexpressyourself]

I was able to upgrade angular to 5.1, but it angular-cli was complaining when I tried upgrading typescript to 2.6, saying:

 npm WARN @angular/compiler-cli@5.1.0 requires a peer of typescript@>=2.4.2 <2.6 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

Seems like I'm not the only one: angular/angular-cli#8185

Though upgrading doesn't seem to break anything, I'll leave it at 2.4 for now.

[arjunyel]

Thats just a warning, shouldnt affect anything :) 2.6 is nice just cuz they introduced new strict function checking https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/release-notes/typescript-2-6.html

[regexpressyourself]

Oh that's super cool! As I get more into functional programming, I could see that being incredibly handy.